How to Use remnant in a Sentence

remnant

1 of 2 noun
  • Remnants go on sale next week.
  • In a way, a remnant of old days.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • Were there any remnants of this project in there?
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • New growth will sprout from these remnants and from the ground.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
  • One of his sons found the remnants of his blood in the street.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The first type are white dwarfs, which are the remnants of sun-like stars.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The remnants of a rain shower in the desert.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • In one case, remnants of an old road were found nearby.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Yi’s studio is filled with the remnants of her works.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • One sample even had remnants of both species.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Plus, with the old remnants out of the way, new growth can come in full throttle.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The walls are the only remnants of the old hotel site.
    — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Just looking at this place, the remnants of my work tension melt away.
    — Helene Stapinski, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Harden’s style is his own, but there are remnants of it throughout the league.
    — Jason Jones, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The lips, as well, were nothing but the end-of-day remnants of lip liner.
    — Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The burned-out, rusty remnants of a walk-in vault squat in the center of the structure.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There is only one safe way to dispose of poison ivy remnants—in the trash.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • The remnants of the iron bars of the cells are still visible in the ceiling.
    — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • My eyes zero in on a red door, its frame one of the few surviving remnants of a home.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The remnants of charred trees and a brick half-wall and chimney mark its location.
    — Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • Watch for pedestal logs, remnants of ancient trees perched atop a crumbly stand of thick clay as if on display.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The team believes that these extra spikes could be the remnants of past stellar sneezes.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Ghosts are remnants of someone who should be gone, but won’t disappear.
    — Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Some people climbed the remnants of buildings and cried out names, hoping for any proof of life.
    — Regina Cano Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • Stars will go dark, stellar remnants will fade away, and even black holes will evaporate.
    — Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Because the tiniest remnant of moisture can cause rust spots.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The landforms at the preserve are remnants of glaciation.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Putin’s front men have been blunt about wiping out any remnants of Ukraine-ness from that country.
    — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In some species the nipples are fully exposed or are bounded by mere remnants of a pouch.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Sebring was wearing only the torn remnants of a pair of boxer shorts.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025

remnant

2 of 2 adjective
  • Some of the remnant moisture could bring us rain this weekend.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That thin remnant slice was all that remained of what once had been a sea probably thousands of miles wide.
    — Longreads, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Any remnant clouds are out of here pretty early, leaving us mainly sunny most of the day.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
  • Remnant herds of that species were wiped out in the 19th century by the spread of firearms in the region.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2016
  • Genevieve will continue to weaken over the next few days and should become a remnant low this weekend.
    — Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
  • To merge as quickly as their remnant cores did, the stars needed to share envelopes several times.
    — WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The storm was expected to fade into a remnant low by Thursday.
    — Robin Webb, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Only the hardiest of your spring crops should initially be planted to avoid any remnant hard freeze that could arise.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The remnant material mounts, swaying in the breeze and rotting in the sun.
    — The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Lisa wasn’t able to re-strengthen and became a remnant low on Saturday.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The nylon and polyester tote is made from factory remnant scraps and folds down to the size of a Jetboil stove.
    — Melissa McGibbon, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Paulette is expected to weaken to a remnant low within the next day or two, forecasters said.
    — Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Any remnant frontal clouds should get out of here as a northwest wind kicks up around 10 to 20 mph, with higher gusts.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The system could become a remnant low or degenerate into a trough by the middle of next week.
    — Hannah Leyva, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • It is not expected to become stronger than a depression and could weaken to a remnant low by the first of next week, if not sooner.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Sally is forecast to weaken more and become a remnant low tonight or early Friday.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Arrive early to hike trails through remnant prairie and have a pre-show picnic, then watch an alfresco performance as dusk falls.
    — Charles Usher, Midwest Living, 10 June 2026
  • It is forecast to become a remnant low by Thursday night or Friday morning.
    — Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Leopards are an endangered species, and are found in the wild across remnant patches of western China.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 May 2021
  • Next, stand back and watch as the cloud’s remnant angular momentum spins and flattens the leftovers into a whirling disk around the star.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Even today, remnant shells can still be found in places along the Wabash River and other waterways.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Forecasters said Gert had weakened to a remnant low as of Tuesday morning.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • And that more complex signal also seems to encode information about what shape the final remnant black hole will take.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Once a tropical storm, Rene was forecast to become a remnant low Monday.
    — Tamara Lush, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2020
  • The depression is forecast to become a remnant low or degenerate into a open wave tonight.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2017
  • While it was believed to have gone extinct by 1940, a small remnant population of the plant held on.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The hurricane center expects Arlene to weaken to a remnant low tonight.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 3 June 2023
  • Storm models predict the depression to become a remnant low by Thursday.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The system, now a remnant low, is 110 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Vicky is expected to weaken over the next few days, becoming a remnant low in about 36-48 hours.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020

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